Microsoft and Google duke it out on multiple fronts: Search, applications, the Web and now political conventions. Microsoft said Monday that it will be the official software and "HD Web content provider" for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. For those of you keeping score at home, Google announced a deal to be the official "innovation provider" for the Republican National Convention in February. For Microsoft's part, the software giant said in a statement that the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) picked it to "create a technically flawless event and engage more people in the Convention experience using cutting-edge technology." An excerpt from the statement: A cornerstone of the DNCC’s technologically-savvy event will be the delegate voting system. During the nomination...